BERNARD NII OKINE OKAI
Rochester, NY 14611
Email: *******.****@*****.*********.***
Phone: 347- 251-1201
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EDUCATION
SIMON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Master of Business Administration 2014
Concentrations: Information Systems, Operations Management, Business Systems Consulting and Electronic Commerce
• Merit-based Scholarship recipient
• Active Member: Simon National Black MBA Asso. And Simon Consulting, Operations and Technology Asso.
KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Kumasi, GHANA
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
2000
CORE COMPETENCIES
Project Design and Management Risk and Requirement Management
Business Process Management Process Improvement
Business Intelligence Ecommerce Management
Service Management and Scheduling Supply Chain Management
TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS
MS Office, MS Projects, Quick Books, SQL Server, VB Express, C++, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Visio
Smart Draw, Unified Modeling Language(UML), Business Process Modeling Notation, SAS, SPSS, R, Tableau,
WEKA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EMPIRE SHIPPING COMPANY, Newark, NJ 2009-2013
IT / Operations Intern (Jun 2013-Aug 2013)
• Designed, tested and implemented programs that improved operational systems, processes and policies,
specifically in support of information flow and management, business process and organizational planning.
• Conducted reviews as necessary with each department to ensure that all policies and procedures captured a
complete view of all activities, operational changes and processes within and across the various business units.
Information Technology / Procedure Analyst (Nov 2009- May 2012)
Initiated and implemented improvements in all areas of Information Technology and procedural responsibilities.
• Modified existing systems and programs on a continual basis and designed new systems and programs based on
the company's needs which contributed to an increase in the overall system efficiency.
• Designed programs to elicit special statistical data upon request; evaluated such requests for appropriateness of
purpose, methodology, and desired outcome, and maintained summary reports for efficient staff use.
GENISYS SOLUTIONS LIMITED, Accra, GHANA 2000-2009
Product Manager (Jun 2006-Oct 2009)
Evaluated products to ensure they supported the company's overall strategy and goals through effective product planning,
designing, execution and marketing.
• Improved sales and doubled profits by conducting effective, quarterly market research on company products.
• Increased client-base from 67 to 270 through aggressive product demonstration and addition of product user
manuals.
Software Engineer (Sept 2000-May 2006)
Designed, developed and installed computer software solutions to solve business problems.
• Teamed up with other engineers to design and implement user-specific proprietary systems to solve complex
business problems.
• Improved overall system operations by using multi-tier architectural and infrastructure in system's development.